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| 12752612413 | Fukuzawa Yukichi | (1835-1901) Japanese writer, teacher, political theorist, and founder of Keio Academy (now Keio University). His ideas about learning, government, and society greatly influenced the Meiji Restoration. Considered one of the founders of modern Japan. | 0 | |
| 12752612414 | Opium Wars | In the first Opium War (1839-1842), Britain invaded the Qing empire to force China to open to trade. In the second Opium War (1856-1860), an Anglo-French force once again invaded to enforce the unequal treaties that resulted from the first war and extract further concessions. | 1 | |
| 12752617190 | Treaty of Nanjing | (1842) One-sided treaty that concluded the first Opium War. Britain was allowed to trade in additional Chinese ports and took control of Hong Kong. The provision for extraterritoriality meant that Britons were subject to British rather than Chinese law. | 2 | |
| 12752617191 | Taiping Rebellion | (1850-1864) Massive rebellion against the Qing led by Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ come to earth to create a "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace." The imperial system was greatly weakened as a result of the uprising. | 3 | |
| 12752621813 | Self-Strengthening Movement | Nineteenth-century Chinese reform movement with the motto "Confucian ethics, Western science." Advocates of Self-Strengthening sought a way to reconcile Western and Chinese systems of thought. | 4 | |
| 12752621814 | Empress Ci Xi | (1835-1908) The "Dowager Empress" who dominated Qing politics in the late nineteenth century, ruling as regent for the emperor Guangxu. She blocked the Hundred Days' Reforms and other "Self-Strengthening" measures. | 5 | |
| 12752621815 | Boxer Rebellion | (1898) Chinese uprising triggered by a secret society called the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, a fiercely anti-Western group. Intended to drive out Westerners, it resulted instead in foreign occupation of Beijing. | 6 | |
| 12752626010 | Commodore Matthew Perry | (1794-1858) American naval officer and diplomat whose 1853 visit to Japan opened that country's trade to the United States and other Western countries. | 7 | |
| 12752626011 | Meiji Restoration | (1868) A dramatic revolution in Japan that overthrew the Tokugawa, restored national authority to the emperor, and put the country on a path of political and economic reform under the slogans "Revere the Emperor" and "Expel the Barbarians." Meiji industrialization turned Japan into a major world power. | 8 | |
| 12752626012 | zaibatsu | Large corporations that developed the Japanese industrial economy in close cooperation with the imperial government. | 9 | |
| 12752632780 | Toshiko Kishida | (1863-1901) An early Japanese feminist who urged that as part of the Meiji reforms, women should have equal access to modern education and be allowed to take part in public affairs. | 10 | |
| 12752632781 | Sino-Japanese War | (1894-1895) A war caused by a rivalry over the Korean peninsula; ended with a one-sided treaty that favored Japan, which obtained treaty rights in China as well as control of Korea and Taiwan. | 11 | |
| 12752632782 | Russo-Japanese War | (1904-1905) War caused by territorial disputes in Manchuria and Korea. Japan's defeat of Russia was the first victory by an Asian military power over a European one in the industrial age. | 12 | |
| 12752636704 | Rammohun Roy | (1772-1833) Bengali reformer and religious philosopher who opposed the caste system, polygamy, the prohibition of widow remarriage, the lack of education for common people, and discrimination against women. | 13 | |
| 12752636705 | Indian Revolt of 1857 | Revolt of Indian soldiers against British officers when they were required to use greased ammunition cartridges they suspected were being used to pollute them and cause them to convert to Christianity. The revolt spread across north India. | 14 | |
| 12752640017 | Indian National Congress | (1885) Formed by wealthy, Western-educated Indians to advance the cause of Indian involvement in their own governance. In the twentieth century, it would become the vehicle for India's independence under the leadership of Mohandas K. Gandhi. | 15 | |
| 12752640018 | Gopal K Gokhale | (1866-1915) Indian political leader, social reformer, and advocate of Indian self-government achieved through negotiation. | 16 | |
| 12752643450 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | (1856-1920) Indian nationalist who demanded immediate independence from Britain, mobilizing Hindu religious symbolism to develop a mass following and arguing that violence was an acceptable tactic for anticolonial partisans. | 17 | |
| 12752647765 | Partition of Bengal | (1905) A British partition of the wealthy northeastern Indian province of Bengal for administrative expediency; became a touch-point of anticolonial agitation. | 18 | |
| 12752710566 | Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake | (1861-1913) Canadian poet of mixed English and Mohawk ancestry. | 19 | |
| 12752710567 | responsible government | Nineteenth-century constitutional arrangement in North America that allowed colonies to achieve dominion status within the British empire and elect parliaments responsible for internal affairs. The British appointed governors as their sovereign's representative and retained control of foreign policy. | 20 | |
| 12752714835 | Confederation of Canada | (1867) Confederation of former British colonies united under a single federal constitution. Recognized under the British North America Act, the confederation was a dominion within the British empire. | 21 | |
| 12752714836 | Canadian Pacific Railway | (1881-1885) The railway's completion led to the transcontinental integration of Canada and opened Canada's Great Plains to European settlement. | 22 | |
| 12752714837 | Andrew Jackson | (in office 1829-1837) The seventh president of the United States after first serving in the military as general and in Congress as senator; a symbol of the expansion of voting rights and an aggressive advocate of westward expansion. | 23 | |
| 12752718653 | Abraham Lincoln | (in office 1861-1865) Sixteenth president of the United States and the country's first Republican president. His election on an antislavery platform led eleven states to secede from the Union, plunging the country into the American Civil War. | 24 | |
| 12752718654 | Reconstruction | (1865-1877) Period immediately after the American Civil War during which the federal government took control of the former Confederate states and oversaw enforcement of constitutional provisions guaranteeing civil rights for freed slaves. | 25 | |
| 12752718655 | Gilded Age | Period of economic prosperity in the United States in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, when the opulence displayed by the wealthy masked the poverty, political corruption, and unsafe living and occupational conditions for the working class. | 26 | |
| 12752722801 | Benito Juarez | (1806-1872) Mexican statesman and politician who was intermittently president of Mexico during the 1860s and 1870s and leader of La Reforma. His liberal principles were enshrined in the Constitution of 1857. | 27 | |
| 12752722802 | Porfirio Diaz | (1830-1915) President of Mexico during much of the last half of the nineteenth century and during the first decade of the twentieth century. While he ignored Mexican civil liberties, Diáz developed infrastructure and provided much-needed stability. | 28 | |
| 12752727988 | War of the Pacific | (1879) War among Bolivia, Peru, and Chile over the natural resources of the Pacific coast. Chile emerged victorious, gaining international prestige, while Bolivia's loss made it a poor, landlocked country. | 29 | |
| 12752727989 | Yucatan Rebellion | (1847) Maya uprising on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, challenging the authority of the Mexican government and local landowners. Some Maya communities defended their sovereignty into the 1890s. | 30 | |
| 12752732059 | Indian Removal Act | (1830) Legislation leading to the dispossession of Amerindian peoples in the southeastern United States. Thousands of Cherokee were killed when forcibly marched to Oklahoma along the "Trail of Tears." | 31 | |
| 12752732060 | Sitting Bull | (ca. 1831-1890) Sioux chieftain who led Amerindian resistance to white settlement of the Black Hills. After defeating the U.S. cavalry and Lieutenant Colonel George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, he was killed in 1890 for failing to stop his people from participating in the Ghost Dance Movement. | 32 | |
| 12752737655 | Metis Rebellions | (1867 and 1885) Rebellions by the metis of the Red River Valley settlement in Manitoba, a group with mixed French-Amerindian ancestry that resisted incorporation into the Canadian Confederation. In 1885 their leader, Louis Riel, again led them in rebellion against Canadian authority. | 33 |
| 11749047855 | throng | A large number of people gathered together; a crowd | 0 | |
| 11749047856 | edifice | a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building | 1 | |
| 11749047857 | utopia | an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect | 2 | |
| 11749047858 | portal | an entrance, door or gate | 3 | |
| 11749047859 | inauspicious | not conducive to success; unpromising | 4 | |
| 11749047860 | petrify | scare, frighten | 5 | |
| 11749047861 | physiognomy | the art of judging human character from facial features | 6 | |
| 11749047862 | auger | to foretell or predict | 7 | |
| 11749047863 | culprit | (n.) a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some misconduct; an offender | 8 | |
| 11749047864 | indubitably | without a doubt | 9 | |
| 11749047865 | venerable | worthy of respect | 10 | |
| 11749047866 | infamy | the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed | 11 | |
| 11749047867 | transgressor | a person who breaks a law or moral code or oversteps a boundary | 12 | |
| 11749047868 | impropriety | a failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character. | 13 | |
| 11749047869 | malefactress | a woman who violates the law or does evil | 14 | |
| 11749047870 | magistrate | a civil officer charged with the administration of the law | 15 | |
| 11749047871 | evanescent | vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy | 16 | |
| 11749047872 | ignominious | deserving or causing public disgrace or shame | 17 | |
| 11749047873 | haughty | snobbish, arrogant | 18 | |
| 11749047874 | demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself | 19 | |
| 11749047875 | pillory | (n.) a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; (v.) to expose to public contempt or ridicule | 20 | |
| 11749047876 | conspicuous | Easily seen or noticed | 21 | |
| 11749047877 | preternaturally | abnormally, exceptionally, not natural | 22 | |
| 11749047878 | remonstrance | a forcefully reproachful protest | 23 | |
| 11749047879 | countenance | a person's face or facial expression | 24 | |
| 11749047880 | discern | to perceive or recognize | 25 | |
| 11749047881 | heterogeneous | (adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse | 26 | |
| 11749047882 | irk | (v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary | 27 | |
| 11749047883 | insubordination | defiance of authority | 28 | |
| 11749047884 | rebuke | express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions. | 29 | |
| 11749047885 | amenable | open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable | 30 | |
| 11749047886 | writhing | make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body | 31 | |
| 11749047887 | sojourn | a temporary stay; to stay for a time | 32 | |
| 11749047888 | peremptory | insisting on immediate attention or obedience | 33 | |
| 11749047889 | alchemy | medieval form of chemistry | 34 | |
| 11749047890 | iniquity | an evil or wicked act | 35 | |
| 11749047891 | efficacy | (n.) the power to produce a desired result SYN: effectiveness, potency, reliability ANT: impotence | 36 | |
| 11749047892 | impelled | (v.)drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something "to push forward" | 37 | |
| 11749047893 | epoch | (n.) a distinct period of time, era, age | 38 | |
| 11749047894 | inquest | (n.)an investigation; an inquiry | 39 | |
| 11749047895 | repute | (n.)the opinion generally held of someone or something; the state of being generally regarded in a particular way. | 40 | |
| 11749047896 | paramour | (n.)an illicit lover | 41 | |
| 11749047897 | besmirch | (v.)damage the reputation of (someone or something) in the opinion of others | 42 | |
| 11749047898 | cuckold | (n.)the husband of an unfaithful wife | 43 | |
| 11749047899 | retribution | (n.)punishment for a criminal act | 44 | |
| 11749047900 | compelled | (v.)force or oblige (someone) to do something. "to drive together" | 45 | |
| 11749047901 | entice | (v.)to attract by offering reward or pleasure | 46 | |
| 11749047902 | Morbid | (adj.) in an unhealthy mental state, extremely gloomy; caused by or related to disease, unwholesome | 47 | |
| 11749047903 | contemplate | To consider carefully and thoughtfully | 48 | |
| 11749047904 | lurid | (adj.) vivid in color, to create a harsh effect | 49 | |
| 11749047905 | superfluous | unnecessary | 50 | |
| 11749047906 | suffice | be enough or adequate | 51 | |
| 11749047907 | prolific | (adj.) abundantly productive; abundant, profuse | 52 | |
| 11749047908 | piety | the quality of being religious or reverent | 53 | |
| 11749047909 | ascetic | One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury | 54 | |
| 11749047910 | threshold | a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room. | 55 | |
| 11749047911 | scorn | the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt. | 56 | |
| 11749047912 | procure | obtain (something), especially with care or effort. | 57 | |
| 11749047913 | imbue | to inspire or influence; to saturate | 58 | |
| 11749047914 | caprice | a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior | 59 | |
| 11749047915 | disposition | A person's general or natural mood; tendency | 60 | |
| 11749047916 | phantasmagoric | having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination | 61 | |
| 11749047917 | garb | clothing, dress | 62 | |
| 11749047918 | ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd | 63 | |
| 11749047919 | impel | to force, drive forward | 64 | |
| 11749047920 | supposition | something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence | 65 | |
| 11749047921 | eminence | high station, rank, or repute | 66 | |
| 11749047922 | vista | a broad view; outlook | 67 | |
| 11749047923 | ingenuity | Cleverness, inventiveness, resourcefulness | 68 | |
| 11749047924 | proprietor | An owner of a store or other business | 69 | |
| 11749047925 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 70 | |
| 11749047926 | lineage | ancestry | 71 | |
| 11749047927 | expatiate | (v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely | 72 | |
| 11749047928 | accorded | granted, given | 73 | |
| 11749047929 | pious | devoutly religious | 74 | |
| 11749047930 | perversity | a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness | 75 | |
| 11749047931 | unobtrusive | not conspicuous or attracting attention | 76 | |
| 11749047932 | adduce | cite as evidence | 77 | |
| 11749047933 | mountebank | (n.) a trickster, deceive | 78 | |
| 11749047934 | tremulous | shaking or quivering slightly | 79 | |
| 11749047935 | genial | friendly and cheerful | 80 | |
| 11749047936 | imbibe | to drink alcohol | 81 | |
| 11749047937 | vehement | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense | 82 | |
| 11749047938 | requital | something given in return, compensation, or retaliation | 83 | |
| 11749047939 | trodden | trampled or stepped on | 84 | |
| 11749047940 | appellation | a name or title | 85 | |
| 11749047941 | kindred | one's family and relations | 86 | |
| 11749047942 | apothecary | druggist; pharmacist | 87 | |
| 11749047943 | exemplary | worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model | 88 | |
| 11749047944 | sagacity | acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment | 89 | |
| 11749047945 | erudition | knowledge acquired by research | 90 | |
| 11749047946 | emissary | a representative sent on a mission or errand | 91 | |
| 11749047947 | enumerate | to count, list, or itemize | 92 | |
| 11749047948 | despondent | showing extreme discouragement or depression | 93 | |
| 11749047949 | affinity | A likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship | 94 | |
| 11749047950 | inarticulate | Incomprehensible; unable to speak with clarity | 95 | |
| 11749047951 | omnious | portending evil or harm | 96 | |
| 11749047952 | proximity | nearness | 97 | |
| 11749047953 | manifest | readily perceived by the eye or the understanding | 98 | |
| 11749047954 | inimical | unfavorable, harmful | 99 | |
| 11749047955 | unutterable | unspeakable | 100 | |
| 11749047956 | solace | comfort, relief | 101 | |
| 11749047957 | propagate | reproduce | 102 | |
| 11749047958 | behold | to look upon; observe | 103 | |
| 11749047959 | tenacious | Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent | 104 | |
| 11749047960 | self-abasement | the belittling or humiliation of oneself | 105 | |
| 11749047961 | traverse | to pass over, across, or through | 106 | |
| 11749047962 | somniferous | bearing or inducing sleep | 107 | |
| 11749047963 | malice | Desire to harm others | 108 | |
| 11749047964 | celestial | Heavenly; spiritual; divine | 109 | |
| 11749047965 | subtle | delicate, elusive, not obvious | 110 | |
| 11749047966 | antipathy | deep feeling of dislike | 111 | |
| 11749047967 | machination | plot or scheme(especially evil) | 112 | |
| 11749047968 | eloquence | fluent or persuasive speaking or writing | 113 | |
| 11749047969 | abhorrence | a feeling of repulsion; disgusted loathing | 114 | |
| 11749047970 | sanctity | holiness | 115 | |
| 11749047971 | introspection | examination of one's own thoughts and feelings | 116 | |
| 11749047972 | penance | a punishment undergone due to sin | 117 | |
| 11749047973 | pulpit | a raised platform or lectern in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon. | 118 | |
| 11749047974 | gait | manner of walking | 119 | |
| 11749047975 | crimson | deep purplish-red | 120 | |
| 11749047976 | penitence | the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance | 121 | |
| 11749047977 | erudite | scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | 122 | |
| 11749047978 | bewilderment | condition of being confused | 123 | |
| 11749047979 | malevolence | ill will or evil intentions | 124 | |
| 11749047980 | zenith | the highest point; peak | 125 | |
| 11749047981 | repentance | sincere regret or remorse | 126 | |
| 11749047982 | scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed | 127 | |
| 11749047983 | somnambulism | sleepwalking | 128 | |
| 11749047984 | abase | to humiliate, degrade | 129 | |
| 11749047985 | stigmatize | brand with a mark of disgrace | 130 | |
| 11749047986 | concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, to devise, invent, fabricate | 131 | |
| 11749047987 | propensity | a natural inclination or tendency | 132 | |
| 11749047988 | acquiesce | to accept without protest; to agree or submit | 133 | |
| 11749047989 | resolute | bold, determined; firm | 134 | |
| 11749047990 | labyrinth | a complicated network of winding passages; a maze | 135 | |
| 11749047991 | calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune | 136 | |
| 11749047992 | pristine | fresh and clean; uncorrupted | 137 | |
| 11749047993 | deportment | a person's behavior or manners | 138 | |
| 11749047994 | accost | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 139 | |
| 11749047995 | presentiment | a vague sense of approaching misfortune | 140 | |
| 11749047996 | gloat | to look at or think about with great satisfaction | 141 | |
| 11749047997 | fragmentary | incomplete; disconnected; made up of fragments | 142 | |
| 11749047998 | deletirious | harmful, injurious | 143 | |
| 11749047999 | bane | the cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death | 144 | |
| 11749048000 | rankle | to continue a cause of anger, irritation, or bitterness | 145 | |
| 11749048001 | denizen | an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place | 146 | |
| 11749048002 | blight | anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation | 147 | |
| 11749048003 | impalpable | unable to be felt by touch | 148 | |
| 11749048004 | malignant | deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious | 149 | |
| 11749048005 | precocious | unusually advanced or talented at an early age | 150 | |
| 11749048006 | petulant | Irritable or short-tempered | 151 | |
| 11749048007 | enigma | a puzzle; a mystery | 152 | |
| 11749048008 | acrid | harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper | 153 | |
| 11749048009 | reciprocate | to give in return | 154 | |
| 11749048010 | incongrous | inappropriate | 155 | |
| 11749048011 | amiable | friendly, good-natured | 156 | |
| 11749048012 | endow | to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality | 157 | |
| 11749048013 | talisman | lucky charm | 158 | |
| 11749048014 | penitent | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds | 159 | |
| 11749048015 | loquacious | talkative | 160 | |
| 11749048016 | somber | dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit | 161 | |
| 11749048017 | sportive | frolicsome; playful | 162 | |
| 11749048018 | enfeeble | to weaken | 163 | |
| 11749048019 | misanthrophy | hatred of humanity | 164 | |
| 11749048020 | estrange | (v.) to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance | 165 | |
| 11749048021 | contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary; touching | 166 | |
| 11749048022 | propinquity | nearness | 167 | |
| 11749048023 | derisive | expressing contempt or ridicule | 168 | |
| 11749048024 | fervent | (adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot | 169 | |
| 11749048025 | expiate | to atone for | 170 | |
| 11749048026 | trammel | to entrap or confine | 171 | |
| 11749048027 | grovel | to humble oneself in a demeaning way | 172 | |
| 11749048028 | exhilarating | exciting | 173 | |
| 11749048029 | subjugate | to conquer by force, bring under complete control | 174 | |
| 11749048030 | stealth | quiet, secret, or sneaky behavior | 175 | |
| 11749048031 | inscrutable | impossible to understand or interpret | 176 | |
| 11749048032 | impart | to make known | 177 | |
| 11749048033 | irrevocable | incapable of being changed or called back | 178 | |
| 11749048034 | transmute | to transform | 179 | |
| 11749048035 | steadfast | (adj.) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing | 180 | |
| 11749048036 | tantalizing | tempting; tormenting or teasing by keeping something in sight but out of reach | 181 | |
| 11749048037 | gesticulating | making gestures while speaking | 182 | |
| 11749048038 | hieroglyphic | symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound | 183 | |
| 11749048039 | intrusive | causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited. | 184 | |
| 11749048040 | duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness | 185 | |
| 11749048041 | ravenous | (adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction | 186 | |
| 11749048042 | eccentricity | strange and unconventional behavior | 187 | |
| 11749048043 | plebian | common people | 188 | |
| 11749048044 | mien | a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood | 189 | |
| 11749048045 | quaff | to drink in large quantities; to gulp | 190 | |
| 11749048046 | languorous | lacking spirit or liveliness | 191 | |
| 11749048047 | tempestuous | turbulent, stormy | 192 | |
| 11749048048 | jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking | 193 | |
| 11749048049 | depredation | plundering; destruction | 194 | |
| 11749048050 | mirth | gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter | 195 | |
| 11749048051 | relinquish | to give up | 196 | |
| 11749048052 | burnish | to polish | 197 | |
| 11749048053 | effervescence | bubbliness; fizziness | 198 | |
| 11749048054 | indefatigable | tireless | 199 | |
| 11749048055 | necromancy | sorcery | 200 | |
| 11749048056 | audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring | 201 | |
| 11749048057 | oracle | prediction | 202 | |
| 11749048058 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | 203 | |
| 11749048059 | tumultuous | noisy and disorderly | 204 | |
| 11749048060 | ensue | (v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result | 205 | |
| 11749048061 | conjecture | to guess | 206 | |
| 11749048062 | inducement | a thing that persuades or influences someone to do something | 207 | |
| 11749048063 | parable | A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | 208 | |
| 11749048064 | repudiate | (v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of | 209 | |
| 11749048065 | recur | to occur again | 210 |
| 14756420604 | adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language. | 0 | |
| 14756420605 | allegory | A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface. | 1 | |
| 14756420606 | alliteration | the repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or sentence. | 2 | |
| 14756420607 | allusion | a reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea. | 3 | |
| 14756420608 | ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations. | 4 | |
| 14756420609 | anachronism | A person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era. | 5 | |
| 14756420610 | analogy | a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things; a passage that points out several similarities between two unlike things is called an extended analogy. | 6 | |
| 14756420611 | anaphora | the deliberate repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses (a form of parallelism). | 7 | |
| 14756420612 | anecdote | a brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point. | 8 | |
| 14756420613 | antimetabole | the identical or near repetition of words in one phrase or clause in reverse order in the next phrase or clause (a form of parallelism). | 9 |
| 10505566459 | Persepolis | A city in ancient Persia, northwest of Shiraz . Founded in late 6th century BCE by Darius I as a ceremonial capital of Persia under the Achaemid dynasty | 0 | |
| 10505566460 | Logic | reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity | 1 | |
| 10505566461 | Empiricism | the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience | 2 | |
| 10505566462 | Syncretic | a blend of religious beliefs and traditions, often forming a new religion | 3 | |
| 10505566463 | Zoroastrianism | Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra, based on the worship of wisdom | 4 | |
| 10505566464 | Qanat | Underground tunnel that provided water to Persian villages by bringing water from an aquifer | 5 | |
| 10505566465 | Alexander the Great | King of Macedonia; conquered Persia and Egypt and invaded India during the Hellenistic age | 6 | |
| 10505566466 | Polis | A city-state in ancient Greece known for its philosophers | 7 | |
| 10505566467 | Monarchies | systems of government in which unelected kings or queens rule | 8 | |
| 10505566468 | Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 9 | |
| 10505566469 | Oligarchy | A government ruled by a few powerful people | 10 | |
| 10505566470 | Tyrants | a cruel and oppressive ruler who gained power by force | 11 | |
| 10505566471 | Democracy | A government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives. | 12 | |
| 10505566472 | Persians | developed laws, built roads, and made money systems in modern day Iran | 13 | |
| 10505566473 | Achaemenid Empire | First great Persian empire which began under Cyrus I and reached its peak under Darius III | 14 | |
| 10505566474 | Parthians | Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E. | 15 | |
| 10505566475 | Sassanids | A member of the Sassanian dynasty | 16 | |
| 10505566476 | Athens | a city-state in ancient Greece; the capital of modern-day Greece | 17 | |
| 10505566477 | Alexandria | an ancient Hellenistic city in Egypt known for its library and the Pharos lighthouse | 18 | |
| 10505566478 | Hellenistic Period | the time between the death of Alexander the great and the rise of the roman domination. Greek Culture flourished | 19 | |
| 10505566479 | satraps | governors of provinces in the Persian Empire | 20 | |
| 10505566480 | Caravanserai | At an inn, usually with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans. | 21 | |
| 10505566481 | Royal Road | An ancient highway used in the 5th century BCE by Persia for communication from Susa to Sardis | 22 | |
| 10505566482 | Consul | An elected official who led the Roman Republic | 23 | |
| 10505566483 | Republic | A state where supreme power is held by the people and their representatives rather than a monarch | 24 | |
| 10505566484 | carthage | an ancient city state founded by the Phoenicians on the north African coast; enemy of Rome in Punic Wars | 25 | |
| 10505566485 | Pax Romana | The peace that existed between the roman empire | 26 | |
| 10505566486 | Constantine | Roman emperor who ended persecution of Christians | 27 | |
| 10505566487 | Jesus | son of God who was both God and man. He was sent to save the human race from sin. | 28 | |
| 10505566488 | Christianity | A religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus | 29 | |
| 10505566489 | Rome | the capital city of the Roman civilization, founded about 700 B.C.E. | 30 | |
| 10505566490 | Stirrup | Device for securing a horseman's feet, enabling him to wield weapons more effectively. | 31 | |
| 10505566491 | Diaspora | Jews living outside Israel | 32 | |
| 10505566492 | Reincarnation | The rebirth of a soul in a new body | 33 | |
| 10505566493 | Caste system | divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation | 34 | |
| 10505566494 | Monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. | 35 | |
| 10505566495 | Polytheism | Belief in or worship of more than one god. | 36 | |
| 10505566496 | Missionary | someone sent to do religious work in a territory or foreign country | 37 | |
| 10505566497 | Filial Piety | the responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for their parents and elders | 38 | |
| 10505566498 | Monasticism | The lifestyle of a monk or nun, characterized by prayer and solitude | 39 | |
| 10505566499 | Shamanism | community faith in traditional societies in which people follow their shaman | 40 | |
| 10505566500 | Animism | The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits | 41 | |
| 10505566501 | Ancestor Veneration | The practice of praying to your ancestors. Found especially in China. | 42 | |
| 10505566502 | Shi Huangdi | founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor | 43 | |
| 10505566503 | Zhou dynasty | 2nd dynasty. Lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese History. | 44 | |
| 10505566504 | Qin Dynasty | Dynasty of China that ruled from 221 BCE to 206 BCE that set up a harsh legal system | 45 | |
| 10505566505 | Han Dynasty | Dynasty of China that ruled from 206 BCE to 210 CE and experienced a golden age | 46 | |
| 10505566506 | Great Wall | a barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier | 47 | |
| 10505566507 | Maurya | Indian dynasty that ruled the empire from 321 B.C. to 185 B.C. | 48 | |
| 10505566508 | Gupta | Empire Second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta | 49 | |
| 10505566509 | Ashoka | of the Mauryan empire from 273 BC to 232 BC. A convert to Buddhism. | 50 | |
| 10505566510 | Currency | a system of money in general use in a particular country. | 51 | |
| 10505566511 | Bureaucracy | A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 52 | |
| 10505566512 | Hellenism | Blending of Egyptian, Persian and Greek culture; emphasis on philosophy and sciences. | 53 | |
| 10505566513 | Corvee Labor | unpaid labor that acted as taxation imposed on the lower strata of citizens by the state | 54 | |
| 10505566514 | Chattel Slavery | Lifelong slavery, when a slave-owner (and the law) treats slaves as personal property. | 55 | |
| 10505566515 | Tribute | a gift or payment to one who has power over another to show respect and obedience | 56 | |
| 10505566516 | Silk Road | Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture. | 57 | |
| 10505566517 | Trans-Saharan Trade Route | Travel across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan Africa | 58 | |
| 10505566518 | Julius Caesar | 100-44 B.C. Roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 B.C. | 59 | |
| 10505566519 | Sanskrit | an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism) | 60 | |
| 10505566520 | Stupa | Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound | 61 | |
| 10505566521 | Buddha | Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have found a path for overcoming suffering. The founder of Buddhism | 62 | |
| 10505566522 | Confucius | Founder of Confucianism | 63 | |
| 10505566523 | Jainism | an Indian religion that is nontheistic based on the teachings of Mahavira that teaches all life is sacred | 64 | |
| 10505566524 | Cyrus the Great | king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire and the Achaemenid dysnasty | 65 | |
| 10505566525 | daoism | a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature | 66 | |
| 10505566526 | Legalism | the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled | 67 | |
| 10505566527 | White Huns | Nomadic people who overran the weakened Gupta empire, destroying its cities and trade | 68 | |
| 10505566528 | Yellow Turban Revolution | massive Chinese peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teachings | 69 |
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| 13600276781 | How did Bretton Woods lay the foundation for globalization? | C By creating a set of agreements and institutions to promote free trade | 0 | |
| 13600276782 | How did the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank advance neo-liberal economics? | d By loaning money to developing nations that privatized state-run companies, lowered protectionist tariffs, and cut taxes | 1 | |
| 13600276783 | Which of the following is NOT a way in which money has become internationally mobile? | a An international checking system | 2 | |
| 13600276784 | The sporting goods company Nike is a good example of globalization because in one five-year period it closed 20 factories and opened another 35 in countries all over the world. Why did Nike move these factories? | c Nike moved its factories anywhere in the world where the labor costs were the lowest and the environmental and health regulations the most lenient. | 3 | |
| 13600276785 | Which of the following best describes the massive increase in international migration of the world's peoples during the era of globalization? | b It has allowed many to find work and shelter, but has also victimized others in new ways. | 4 | |
| 13600276786 | How did globalization affect those within wealthy nations, especially the United States? | d It caused millions of Americans to lose their well-paying jobs, while millions of others have become wealthy. | 5 | |
| 13600276787 | What did the Seattle protestors of 1999 mean by their slogan "no globalization without representation"? | a Globalization was a process being decided by large corporations that was not meant to benefit ordinary people, and in which no ordinary people had a say. | 6 | |
| 13600276788 | Which of the following best describes the "American Empire" of the second half of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first century? | c A nonterritorial empire of economic, military, and cultural power | 7 | |
| 13600276789 | Which of the following best describes the appeal of the South American revolutionary Che Guevara to people in both the "first" and the "third" worlds? | d He represented an alternative to the materialism of the West and the industrial totalitarianism of the Soviet world. | 8 | |
| 13600276790 | How did women's liberation feminists differ from equal rights feminists? | b Women's liberation feminists wanted to challenge societal and cultural patriarchy through direct action; equal rights feminists preferred political lobbying and passing laws. | 9 | |
| 13600276791 | Why did African feminists resent American and European feminists' opposition to traditional African cultural practices such as polygamy and female circumcision? | d Western feminists could easily begin to sound like colonial missionaries and rulers. | 10 | |
| 13600276792 | Which of the following best describes the response of global fundamentalism to modernity? | a A selective rejection and a seeking of an alternative, more religious modernity | 11 | |
| 13600276793 | Which of the following best describes the term jihad as intended by the original founders of Islamic fundamentalism? | d Struggle to please God | 12 | |
| 13600276794 | Which best characterizes the strategies pursued by Islamic fundamentalist groups for achieving their political aims? | a Most attempted to gain power through elections and placing members in influential government and social positions, but some sought violent revolutions. | 13 | |
| 13600276795 | Why did Osama bin Laden and the leaders of al-Qaeda come to declare the United States as their enemy? | b They objected to American military presence in Saudi Arabia after the first Gulf War. | 14 | |
| 13600276796 | In what way has mainstream Christianity responded to the effects of globalization? | c By addressing the moral and ethical problems of social justice, human rights, and the suffering of the poor throughout the world | 15 | |
| 13600276797 | Which of the following is NOT one of the three major ways in which the Earth's environment has been radically impacted by the changes of the last half-century? | b Exorbitant prices of fossil fuels | 16 | |
| 13600276798 | What was a major difference between western environmental movements and environmentalists in developing countries? | c Western environmentalists were concerned more with issues of pollution and limiting growth; environmentalists in developing countries were more concerned with food security and social justice. | 17 | |
| 13600276799 | What was the world's reaction to the United States' refusal to sign on to the Kyoto protocol? | c Anger | 18 |
| 14679840936 | Law of Conservation of Mass | Mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions | 0 | |
| 14679843169 | Law of Definite Proportions | -A given compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements by mass -Ex, Copper Carbonate is always 5.3 part copper, 4 parts oxygen, and 1 part carbon | 1 | |
| 14679844658 | Law of Multiple Proportions | -When two elements form a series of compounds, the ratio of the masses of the second element that combine with 1 gram of the first elements can always be reduced to whole numbers | 2 | |
| 14679848579 | Dalton's Atomic Theory | 1. Each element is made up of atoms 2. The atoms of a given element are identical 3. When atoms of different elements combine, chemical compounds are formed. A given compound always has the same relative numbers and types of atoms. 4. Chemical reactions involve the rearrangement of atoms. The atoms are not changed. | 3 | |
| 14679853463 | J.J. Thomson | -Discovered the electron by doing experiments where high voltage was applied to a tube which produced a cathode ray -Ray was repelled by the negative pole of the electric field in the tube, resulting in the discovery that it was filled with negative charges, called electrons | 4 | |
| 14679856236 | Plum Pudding Model | -Thomson Model -Electrons are embedded in a uniform, + charged sphere |  | 5 |
| 14679862697 | Radioactivity | -Spontaneous emission of particles and/or radiation -3 types of radioactive emission: Gammy (y) rays: high energy light Alpha (a) rays: +2 charge Beta (B) rays: electron | 6 | |
| 14679865768 | Earnest Rutherford | -Discovered that the Atom contains a nucleus which is an accumulation of + charged -Most of the atom is empty space --This is why the majority of the particles passes right through | 7 | |
| 14679890566 | Atom | -Nuclear Atom: An atom with a dense center of positive charged with electrons moving around the nucleus at a distance that is large relative to the nuclear radius -Subatomic particles: Protons (+): in Neuclue, very small mass Neutrons (/): in nucleus Electrons (-): in orbit | 8 | |
| 14679893003 | Atomic Number | # of Protons in the nucleus of an atom (also e- bc neutral) | 9 | |
| 14679894481 | Mass Number | # of Neutrons and Protons present in the nucleus of an atom | 10 | |
| 14679895684 | Isotopes | Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons -Show almost identical chemical properties | 11 | |
| 14679903860 | Diatomic molecule vs polyatomic | Diatomic molecule: Contains only 2 atoms Polyatomic molecules: Contains more than 2 atoms | 12 | |
| 14679907637 | Structural formula | Individual bonds of the module are shown | 13 | |
| 14679913050 | Ion | An atom or group of atoms that has a positive or negative charge. | 14 | |
| 14679914642 | Ionic bonding | Chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between cations and anions | 15 | |
| 14679915908 | Cation | positively charged ion (loses electrons) | 16 | |
| 14679917035 | Anion | negatively charged ion (gained electrons) | 17 | |
| 14679923047 | Molecular formula | Shows the exact number of atoms of each element in the smallest unit of the substance Ex, O2 | 18 | |
| 14679924232 | Allotrope | One of two or more distinct forms of an element Ex, O2 vs O3 | 19 | |
| 14679927367 | Empirical formulas | Tells the elements present and the simplest whole number ratio of their atoms Simplest chem formulas (not truest) | 20 | |
| 14679932542 | metals vs nonmetals | Metals: Good conductors of heat and electricity malleability, and ductility Tent to form positive ions Nonmetals: To the right of the stairs on the PT tend to gain electrons | 21 | |
| 14679934000 | Groups/Families | -Vertical columns -Have similar chemical properties -Different Families: Alkali metals (1A) Alkaline Earth Metals (2A) Halogens (7A) Noble Gases (8A) Monatomic: meaning the only exist in nature as a single atom | 22 | |
| 14679936212 | Periods | -Horizontal rows -By atomic number | 23 | |
| 14679939084 | 1. Naming Type I Binary Ionic Compounds | -Only consist of two elements -The cation is always named first then the anion second -Cation uses its normal name -Anion uses its root + ide Ex, NaCl = Sodium Chloride | 24 | |
| 14679940947 | 2. Naming Type II Binary Ionic Compounds | -For transition metals that have varying charge -Charge of the metal ion must be specified (use roman numeral) -Anion root + ide Ex. HgO = Mercury (II) oxide | 25 | |
| 14679943200 | Naming Compounds With Polyatomic Ions | -Special names of the polyatomic ions must be memorized -Oxyanions: anions containing an atom of a given elements and different numbers of oxygen atoms 1. Smallest number of oxygen ends in ite 2. Large number of oxygen ends in ate If there are more than 2 oxyanions making up the series: 1. Prefix hypo (less than) used for the least number of oxygen 2. Prefix Per (More than) used to name the members with the most oxygen atoms | 26 | |
| 14679945628 | 3. Naming Binary Covalent Compounds (Type III) | -Formed between two nonmetals 1. Prefix + Cation 2. Prefix + anion root + ide *Prefix indicate number of atoms*: Mono = 1 Di = 2 Tri = 3 tetra= 4 penta= 5 hexa= 6 hepta= 7 octa= 8 nona= 9 Deca = 10 Mono is never used for naming the first elements Drop the "o" or "a" before the prefix 3. ex, PCl5 = Phosphorus Pentacholride | 27 | |
| 14679951166 | Acids | Molecule in which one or more H+ ions are attached to an anion | 28 | |
| 14679952288 | Naming acids without oxygen | Hydro(anion root)ic acid | 29 | |
| 14679952289 | Naming acids without oxygen | 1. Anion ends in ite (root)ous acid 2. Anion ends in ate root(ic) acid | 30 | |
| 14679961004 | Formula to name Flowchart |  | 31 |
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